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Ross Wetmore. (Video screengrab from NBPCCaucus via YouTube)

New Brunswick ag, fisheries files remarried

By GFM Network News November 12, 2018

New Brunswick’s incoming minority Progressive Conservative government will again have one minister handling the province’s agriculture and aquaculture files. Premier Blaine Higgs on Friday announced Gagetown-Petitcodiac MLA Ross Wetmore as his minister of agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries. Wetmore, 65, replaces Andrew Harvey and Benoit Bourque, who had handled the agriculture and fisheries portfolios respectively on […] Read more

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Tight supplies could see diesel prices rise

By GFM Network News November 6, 2018

CNS Canada – As supply tightens, farmers should consider stocking up on diesel before it’s too late, according to an analyst. “We think the market’s getting kind of overdone down here and this might be your best chance…if we do get a cold winter I think we’ll see these prices really pop,” said Phil Flynn […] Read more

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Rail service to Churchill set to resume as line reopens

By GFM Network News November 2, 2018

CNS Canada – After being shut down for 18 months, rail service to Churchill, Man. officially reopened on Nov. 1. The northern Manitoba community and deep water port on Hudson’s Bay lost its only land link to the rest of Canada in May 2017 when flooding and washouts severed the line. Omnitrax, which had owned […] Read more

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La Coop federee to rebrand agribusiness arm

By GFM Network News October 29, 2018

Crop and livestock producers dealing with the agribusiness division of Quebec’s La Coop federee can expect to see a new name in the game early next year. La Coop announced Sept. 25 it will change the name of the division — which today operates under the Elite and La Coop brand names — to Sollio […] Read more

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CPTPP trade agreement ratified

Canada will be among the original six and will gain some benefit from moving early

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News October 25, 2018

The last domestic legislative hurdle to enacting the CPTPP trade deal with Pacific rim countries has been cleared. The deal was approved by senate and received Royal Assent the afternoon of Oct. 25. The moves makes Canada one of the first countries to ratify the 11 nation deal which comes into effect once the first […] Read more

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Six steps to better consumer conversations

October 23, 2018

The science is worth learning. Gaining knowledge about why consumers behave the way they do and make the decisions they do is essential to building constructive, forward-thinking dialogue, engaging in artful and “value-added” arguments, and educating and influencing your audience. One way to gain insight into how the human brain processes information is by exploring […] Read more

Andre Lamontagne, shown here at left at a press conference in May 2017 with CAQ leader Francois Legault, is Quebec’s new agriculture minister. (Video screengrab from AssNat.qc.ca)

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CAQ taps businessman as Quebec’s new ag minister

By GFM Network News October 19, 2018

Quebec’s new governing party has turned to one of its more experienced MNAs to handle the farm file. Premier Francois Legault on Thursday named Andre Lamontagne, a businessman and former supermarket owner and the MNA for the southwestern riding of Johnson, as his minister of agriculture, fisheries and food, and as minister responsible for the […] Read more

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Four ways to help protect your farm from fire

By Julienne Isaacs October 19, 2018

Whether it’s close to home or across an ocean, fire hasn’t been far from the news this summer. This year has been average in terms of fire risk on the Prairies, says Mike Flannigan, professor of wildland fire and the director of the western partnership for wildland fire science at the University of Alberta. But […] Read more

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell addresses a MAGA rally in Richmond, Ky. on Oct. 13, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

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U.S. Senate will not vote on USMCA in 2018, McConnell says

By GFM Network News October 16, 2018

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Senate’s top Republican said on Tuesday that senators will not vote to approve a revised North American trade pact in 2018, leaving the issue to the next Congress. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell told Bloomberg Television that the Senate will not have time to take up the new United […] Read more

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U.S. seen likely to win in effort to shut down WTO’s appeals court

By GFM Network News October 6, 2018

Geneva | Reuters — The United States is likely to succeed in shutting down the World Trade Organization’s supreme court because other WTO members are powerless to stop it, diplomats, lawyers and officials said at a conference in Geneva on Friday. The United States has blocked appointments of judges to the Appellate Body, throwing the […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

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New Brunswick ag, fisheries files remarried

Tight supplies could see diesel prices rise

Rail service to Churchill set to resume as line reopens

La Coop federee to rebrand agribusiness arm

CPTPP trade agreement ratified

Six steps to better consumer conversations

CAQ taps businessman as Quebec’s new ag minister

Four ways to help protect your farm from fire

U.S. Senate will not vote on USMCA in 2018, McConnell says

U.S. seen likely to win in effort to shut down WTO’s appeals court

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